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...with a particular sense of disappointment that I read Eugenia B. Schraa’s review of “Gehri Dosti” (Arts, “Gheri [sic] Dosti: Enlightened but Dull,” Nov. 3). Not because the review had less than stellar things to say about the show (a reviewer is entitled to an informed opinion—if anything, the readership of a periodical in which it appears waits upon it), but on account of the implications that such a review might betoken. Having been largely involved in South Asian theatre at Harvard?...
...read the review The Crimson gave of the play “Gehri Dosti,” and I was shocked by its insensitivity (Arts, “Gheri [sic] Dosti: Enlightened but Dull,” Nov. 3). My boyfriend and I saw the play last weekend and were touched by the beautiful acting and the issues raised in the five plays. Perhaps it is our Scandinavian background, our interest in India and marginalization, the anthropological training, I am not sure, but I saw the plays in a completely different light than did The Crimson’s reviewer...
...read The Crimson’s review, I would have never gone to see “Gehri Dosti,” so I was lucky I saw it before it was reviewed. It is so rare to see social critique of South Asian culture in the South Asian diaspora, which often glorifies the world of the home country. How admirable to start a debate about existing taboos and involve the audience to the extent that the plays did. Why should this initiative be criticized in such a condescending tone? Miss India USA was one of the members...
THEATRE | Gheri Dosti...
...Gheri Dosti has some wonderful elements, but it just doesn’t work as a piece of drama. The one thing that it does do is stimulate and challenge. Enticingly, the organizers are accompanying the run with panel discussions, film screenings, and a series of post-show sessions with activists and faculty members, including the ever-popular Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies Diana Eck. This kind of coordinated planning is a great touch from SAA and BGLTSA, who understand that the true purpose of Gheri Dosti and its surrounding events is to get people to think...